Internships

Finance and personal financial planning majors at Western Michigan University can earn credit for approved student internships. The following is a list of requirements that must be met and a list of companies where students have served as interns in recent years.

Requirements

To be approved, an internship must:

Provide the student with relevant experience in the specialty area of that specific internship.

Expose the student to a variety of tasks or projects.

Be approved and monitored by a faculty advisor.

Last for the equivalent of one full semester.

Require at least 75 hours of work for each credit hour earned.

For more information concerning the internship process, please review the internship guidelines from the Department of Finance and Commercial Law.